diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirAttrOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirAttrOp.java
index 1c9e54bbf12..9519cb0a4e1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirAttrOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSDirAttrOp.java
@@ -402,10 +402,10 @@ public class FSDirAttrOp {
 
     if (oldBR != -1) {
       if (oldBR > targetReplication) {
-        FSDirectory.LOG.info("Decreasing replication from {} to {} for {}",
+        FSDirectory.LOG.debug("Decreasing replication from {} to {} for {}",
                              oldBR, targetReplication, iip.getPath());
       } else {
-        FSDirectory.LOG.info("Increasing replication from {} to {} for {}",
+        FSDirectory.LOG.debug("Increasing replication from {} to {} for {}",
                              oldBR, targetReplication, iip.getPath());
       }
     }